Ninety-seven percent of all animals on our planet lack a backbone and are called invertebrates. They are all considered ectotherms, or “cold-blooded” because they cannot regulate their body temperature.

Meet our four rare Shark Rays in our Surrounded By Sharks Exhibit. Sweet Pea was the first Shark Ray on display in the Western Hemisphere. All four Shark Rays are members of the world’s first Shark Ray Breeding Program, which yielded the first known Shark Ray birth in a captive environment in 2014.